July 22, 2022 Dear sensei glioblastoma             Today is the third anniversary of discovering your presence in my brain. I thought you disappeared last October when I said with amazement that I was clear for a year. But this week’s MRI shows you are back with a few little friends. The R word has changed…

Left hand buzzing, fingers numb as if coated with wax, goofy dexterity and lack of coordination and strength: I’m used to feeling all these symptoms: the fallout of brain cancer in the right parietal lobe. But on occasion, especially if I’m tired and haven’t taken two naps a day my left hand goes blank, off-line,…